Horse-checking device.



y PATENTED APE. 21, 1908. A. SAUTER.

HORSE cHEbKING DEVICE.

APPLIOATION FILED DEOJO, 1907.

UNITED srAirns Parana? erica,

ALBERT SAUTER, OF PITTSURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

k Specification of Letters Jiatent.

HoRsE-omoxrne DEVICE. 1 4

Patented 'April 2i, bienal Application led December 10,- 1907. Serial No. 405,887,

To all whom it'inay concern;

` Be it known that l, ALBERT SAUTER, a subject of' the llin'peronof Gernianv, residing at.

Pittsburg, iii the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new aiidiisefiil improvements in llorse- Checkingl Devices, of which 'Phe following is a specification,reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

' This invention relates to horse checking devices, andl the primary object of the invention is, to provide anovel harness attachmentthat can be easily and quickly moved to ,15j rnal as tovenable the driver lto bring it under l ,'efeetupon tlielaninial.

' '.The invention aiins to prevent runaway Y aecidents'and such injuries as are incurred 25 -the'same apart of a bridle,l and operate the same by the ordinary reins employed for con-- press upon the nostrils of a horse, and therey so interfere with the breathing of the anicontrol.

- A further object of this invention is to pro- :vide allevice ,of the above described charac- -ter that. can. be used for reducing the speed of an animal, particularly when the bit has no thereby. In providing my device I make trollin a-hoise; I 1 Wit the above and other objects iii View which will more readily appear as the iiil 'ventionis better i'inderstood, the saine convsists in thenovell construction, combination and arrangement ofparts to be hereinafter x1 more'ully described and then specifically 35 (In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective pointed out in the appended claims.

, View of the device as applied to a brid e, Fig.

-2 an elevation of the device, Fig,- 3 is a dei* tail' sectionalview of-a presser button detached from :the device, F 4 is aplaii of a Aroller bearing for the device, Fig. '5 is a lonl, gitudinalf sectional view oi the same, and

ig. isa plan of the device partly in section,

I illustrating' in .dotted lines the position the device 'assumes when stopping a runaway horse.

.. Inl the vaccompanyingdrawings, 1 desmnates the 'head'straps of'a'bridle, 2 the bit rings, and Bltlie bit; To the head straps 1 is secured a nose-strap 4 and suitably secured to thefront ofsaid nose strap, preferably by an adjustable strap 5 is a lU-shapcd plate 15, .this plate embracing a horses nose.

To preg Vent the strap 5 andl the plate 6 from injuring 5F" Athe nose of the lic-irse., l suitably secure to the .tion with atei-idle includingr a head strapp L nose strap, bit rings cari'iedby the head strep lar material upon its under side.

The U-shaped plate 6 is provided with openings 8 opposite the nostrils of a horse, and the ends of said' U-s'na ed plate are enlarged and provided with s ots 9. i

Riveted or otherwise secured to the front strap 5 a plate 7, provided with felt or a simi of the plato 6, as at 10, is a resilient metallic strap 11, the ends of which are provided with pivoted oblong links 12.

Extending through the o enings Sof the plate 6 are the shanks 13 o 'presser buttons 14, saidbutteiis vhaving cushions of felt or.r`

similar material. The shanks 13 are secured to the resilient metallic strap 11 by nuts 16.

Attached to the bit rings 3 are the reins 17 for controlling the horse, and buckled 'to these reins, as at 18, are straps 19, said straps extending through the slots 9 of the plate 6 and connecting with the links'12 of straps 114 by snap hooks 20. Y

ln the slots 9 of the plate 6 can be inount- 'ed rollers 21, to prevent the straps 19 from being worn by frictional engagement with the .plate 6.

W hen the reins 17 are sui'liciently ul-led downto move the bit -3 tothe flotter posiresilient cushions 15, for preventing the Inetallic paits'of said buttons from injuring the, 95

nose of a horse.

Having :now described my invent.` in what 'l claiin as new, is

In a horse checking device, the combinaand reins connected to said bit rings, of a substantiall U-shapDed nieta] ineinber adapted to span t ie nose a horse and having the rear ends thereof extending beyond the bri- 165 dle bit iiiigs'and provided with oblong eyes, rollers mounted in said oblong eyes, said member provided intermediate its ends with openings, a strap connecting said member at its forward portion or bow with said nose 110 strap, a pad secured to the inner face of said member at'its forward or bow portion, and a resilient checking member comprising a spring ,metal stripA connected intermediate its ends 'to the forward. or bow portion of the U- '.shaped member and lying upon said member A at said forward or bow portion thereof, ob-

long links earried'by the ends of said check- .ing member, the said ends of theehecking through Vthe oblong openings in the' U-sliaped.

member and operating over the rollers in said y oblong opening, and resser buttons each embodying a cushione head lying within the U-shaped member and each having a shank extending through the o enings in said member with its outer end xedly connected to the resilient checking member.

In testimony whereof I affix* my signature in the presence of two witnesses` ALBERT SAUTER.

Witnesses:

A. H. RABSAG, MAX H. SRoLovrrz. 

